SPARKILL - State and local authorities are investigating reports of two large black cats, described as a panther by one witness, being loose in the area of Tallman Mountain State Park.

A Palisades resident told Orangetown police he saw the animals on a bike path in the park late Tuesday afternoon. His report came just two days after two Palisades women told The Journal News they had seen one or two large, dark colored animals around their homes recently.

Orangetown Police, State Park Police and State Department of Environmental Conservation Police searched for the animals yesterday but found no signs of them.

The search continued today.

Anyone who may have seen these animals is asked to call Orangetown Police at 845-359-3700 or State Park Police at 845-786-2781.

We must be entering the silly season-two large dark animals seen on a bike path-must be black panthers, traveling together-LMAO._________________What people believe is seldom the truth, and when faced with the truth, we seldom believe it.